The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-11-05
1nE sApsuokEa AGAIN.


EDITOR GA2ErTE. In a former
communication / had something to
say about the exodus Of the sap
sucker from our midst. III this T
want 10 try 70 show the analogy |
between the sapsucker ana the 4
liquor traffic. The sapsucker, as
many OF your readers know attacks /
M apple tree girdliug il around |
with small holes extracting thcro-
from the sap that should 80 70
support the tree and produce fruit, |
causing blight 10 act il and II tho I
bird persists (and he generally |
does unless kllled) only 4 barren
trunk will be found 10 mark The
spot where i usefull fruit bearing
tree existed The liquor traffic
does for man what this bird does
for the fruit tree. When tic
liquor habit fastens itasolf on 4
man his moral sensibiIiiics are
bluntcd, he il glrdlcd round about
with small vices and tie result is
moral decay sets III md that MANS
life Is blightcd. Well what IRE
we going to DO about ii? Some
say the bird IS ~ some use as he
catches insects aud We liaA better
let him live and thy q mlnd him
away from our fruit trepa and
keep him from pecking much.
| Others say Kill The sapsucSer ana
let's have plenty Of fruit, and il
regard 70 The liquor hatic some
say regulate il by high license and
we will derive large reyenu To-
help run the schools, while many
| othels say kill the traffic 1T once
that i running 50 many IF our
people, Danish tIis mutehless
evil from our midst and sober
! people Will not want for revenue
to carry on the public schools.
Well Mr. Eiito; that II just what
We have done here al Osyka, the
liquor traffic has gone ,and We hope
it has gone to stay, and why moi? (?
is there any good reason why We
should have liquor sold here? ets
see about that. One wet merchant
says that Prohibition will Kill the
town, that the farmers will move
their trade TO Summit Of somo
other place whore ttey can get
whIskcy. That mistake, friend.
the substantial farmer, lhe Kind
, to help huild Up town eaunot be
tolled from town 70 town With 4
Jug Of WhisScy stuck 10 bis nose.
, He is not built thatway. We a.lmit
that some do go from here b
! Summit 70 trade, but they are not
+ a desirable class az customers.
) The kind Of "lnerchandise" that
! they want IS generally done up in
{ a flask or Jug and NO one Is hene.
I fitted BY their coming unless i hc
9 the man lhey get the liquor from
Prohibition has not DEPRECATED
Z the value Of real estate. On thc
contrary real estate IS higher noH
I than it has been for years
t Messrs. Wilson & Addison paic
5 $1,000 cash for their store house
: and lot since the town went dry
Mr. Atkinson has lately bought !
store house and Ioi, paying almost
t as much besides the transfer oi
2 other real estate at figures that !
9 year ago would have been consider
& ed enormous. But render. if you
I still think the town is dead gt
7 with me some Saturday evening
/, TO Addiso1's store, see tile crowd
: ed house, the clerks all as busy il.
= Jecs waiting on the numerous Gus
9 toners, see the mill lands all get
$ ting paid off. see them buying
T proyison and clothing for theiI
: families, eyesy mothers SON o1
+ them as soberas q Judge, and, after
5 seeing all this / think You will
/; agree with me that this IS about
Q the liyeliest corpse that ever lived
+, 1t would not be thus if the saloon
g was running over, at the cOrncr.
Half this crowd that are buying
D provision and clothing would be
e filling themselves with Persona
: Liberty while their families
T would be deprived Of many of thp
C comforts that they nov enjoy.
Now in conclusion, Mr.. Editor
r we hope you will not censure u'
4 for too free use ol our scl.-setine